Decay Alert NOSS R/B

Harro.Zimmer (Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de)
Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:20:29 +0100

Report time 20:00 UTC

1996-029G (23863) NOSS 2-3 R/B
SpaceCom released a new prediction - prepared Mar 11. 10:18 UTC :
                     Mar 12, 09:35 UTC +/- 14 hours    (0.3°N, 28.9°E)

MPM shows with the ELSETs 99070.396... and 99070.639 a significant earlier decay 
at                   Mar 12, 04:27 UTC +/- 90 minutes  (7.0°S, 283.0° E)

Another independent method - based on a development of "pctraj" - predicts also 
an earlier reentry:  Mar 12, 06:04 UTC +/- 20 minutes   (24.7°N, 275.5°E)

Harro

Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de

Berlin, Germany